Fears over new coronavirus legislation that gives no time limit for state of emergency

One of the requests to Congress would allow the department to petition a judge to indefinitely detain someone during an emergency.

Over the past two weeks, Kentucky, South Dakota and West Virginia approved new laws meant to discourage Dakota Access-style protests. More are on the way.

Ruling comes as several states seek to ban the procedure in an effort rights groups say is 'exploiting a health crisis'.

Hungary’s draconian measures are part of a wider pattern in countries like Poland, Bulgaria and Serbia

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exploits the coronavirus panic to erode Israel’s democracy, limit the Knesset, introduce emergency-mode regulations, and prevent Blue and White from implementing the...

The word, and wearing masks in public, is now reportedly illegal.

Parliament passes law as Europe weighs right to privacy against moves to contain outbreak

New Delhi, March 31, 2020 – The Indian government should stop trying to censor news coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....

The coronavirus pandemic has dire implications for our civil liberties unless safeguards are put in place, experts have warned.

Under the law, those who have resided for a period of 15 years in Kashmir are eligible to become permanent residents.

The threat to jail Venezuela’s dictator may make it harder to remove him

Executive order says US will oppose any international effort to bar it from removing chunks of moon, Mars or elsewhere in space

Concern over misuse of novel coronavirus-linked step

China has imposed restrictions on the publication of academic research on the origins of the novel coronavirus, according to a central government directive and online notices published by two Chinese...

Critics of the Philippine president say the move was yet more evidence of an increasingly domineering government using a crisis like the pandemic to crack down on dissent.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Bangladeshi authorities to immediately release well-known figures held in connection with their coverage of the coronavirus crisis and to drop all charges...

A young president is weakening democratic institutions and empowering his family

Trump has reversed Obama-era protections that prohibit discrimination in health care based on gender identity. Critics warn the rule could harm a vulnerable group — LGBTQ people — during a pandemic.

On Thursday, the Department of Education issued an emergency rule that undocumented students, including DACA students, as well as foreign students, cannot receive any CARES funds, even if that...

The report said that as many as 22 FIRs were filed against various journalists while the lockdown was in progress.